Pine County

Table of goal data by year

Year	25/3 Mbps	100/20 Mbps
2020	#84 of 87 60.24%	#85 of 87 39.13%
2019	#84 of 87 58.28%	#81 of 87 37.26%
2018	#87 of 87 42.84%	#68 of 87 38.18%
2017	#82 of 87 40.12%	#59 of 87 37.37%

Coverage Map

Rank: 84 (out of 87) for access to 100/20 megabits per second (Mbps)

Pine County has been actively seeking better broadband for years; they were part of a Blandin Broadband Communities cohort a few years ago. Unfortunately, much of Pine County is served by one large national provider. That may be a bottleneck to better access in those areas, because as we noted last year, lack of competition can impact the drive for improvement.

What we learned in the past:

Pine County partnered with rural sections of three neighboring counties to participate as the Central Woodlands in the 2015-2016 Blandin Broadband Community cohort, which means they have a focus on increasing broadband use in the community. Last year we saw that much of the County is served by one large national provider. That may be a bottleneck to better access in those areas, because as we noted last year, lack of competition can impact the drive for improvement.

Pine County has benefited from a MN broadband grant:

• 2017 – SCI (Savage Communications Inc.) — Dell Grove Township Broadband Expansion – GRANT $118,248

Update from 2020:

No broadband news from Pine County since the last broadband profile.

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